Yann Frauel, Bahram Javidi, Osamu Matoba, Thomas J. Naughton, and Enrique Tajahuerce

Yann Frauel, Bahram Javidi, Osamu Matoba, Thomas J. Naughton, and Enrique Tajahuerce co-authored a comprehensive survey about the emerging field of computational holographic imaging and image processing of three-dimensional objects. These international and interdisciplinary researchers have come together to provide novel tools and techniques for the processing and analysis of digital holograms. The paper provides an overview of the basics of holographic sensing and imaging, as well as new emerging applications. It describes computational holographic imaging as technology with great potential in a variety of applications including 3D television displays, 3D medical imaging, information security and 3D measurements as well as manufacturing and virtual reality.    

Mr. Frauel teaches the post-graduate program in computer science and engineering at the Universitat Nacional Autonama de Mexico, and worked as a trainee engineer with the Atomic Energy Commission in France. He earned his master’s degree in optics from the École Supérieure d’Optique-SupOptique, Orsay, France and a doctorate in optics and photonics from the Institut d’Opticque-Université Paris XI, Orsay, France.

Mr. Javidi, an IEEE Fellow, is the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Javidi is a Fellow of six other professional societies; his research interests are in 3D optical imaging. He holds a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., a master’s degree and doctorate from the Pennsylvania State University, all in electrical engineering.

Mr. Matoba is an associate professor in the department of computer and systems engineering at Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. His current research interests and expertise are in optical and digital processing of three-dimensional objects, terabyte holographic memory and optical security. He received his doctorate in applied physics from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.

Mr. Naughton is a Marie Curie Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and University of Oulu, Finland. He worked at Space Technology (Ireland) Ltd., and at the Department of Radio electronics at the Czech Technical University in Prague and University of Connecticut, Storrs. He received a bachelor’s degree with double honors in computer science and experimental physics from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Mr. Tajahuerce is an associate professor at Universidad Jaume I, Castelló, Spain. He was a researcher at the Instituto Tecnológico de Óptica (AIDO) in Valencia, Spain and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of Connecticut, Storrs. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in physics from the Universidad de Valencia in Valencia, Spain.